UK Pushes for EU Defense Financing Deal Amid Trump Uncertainty
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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will tell European Union counterparts that Britain wants deeper cooperation on defense financing, the latest attempt to seek closer ties with the bloc spurred by President Donald Trump straining the transatlantic alliance.
Reeves will use a meeting of EU finance ministers in Poland on Friday to say that a “changed world” means the bloc should work more closely with the UK on defense spending, according to an emailed statement from the Treasury.